Article Category: The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: SARAH RYAN

October 31, 2024

Increasingly on Gript Media’s weekly podcast, The Week That Really Was (TWTRW), which Sarah Ryan co-hosts with John McGuirk, you can sense their... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: SHANE MOYNIHAN

October 17, 2024

WITH FIANNA Fáil still hovering on a disappointing 15% poll rating in Dublin, the party is desperate to find extra seats and is... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: MIRANDA BAUER

October 3, 2024

UCD STUDENTS’ UNION (UCDSU) president Miranda Bauer is facing an uphill battle as she begins her one-year term. The union is having an... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: JOHN CUMMINS

September 19, 2024

CAN 36-YEAR-OLD senator John Cummins win back a seat for Fine Gael in Waterford, after the party’s wipe-out there in 2020. Heavy transfers... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOODS: LAURA FOX

September 5, 2024

AFTER THE turmoil created by the ‘great exodus of 2024’, Laura Fox has finally been pushed front and centre of the 2FM schedule.... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: HAZEL DE NORTÚIN

August 22, 2024

THE RETIREMENT of People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith has posed an obvious question about whether her would-be successor, councillor Hazel de Nortúin,... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: ESME DUNNE

August 8, 2024

ESME DUNNE has been making waves in activist circles these past few years as founder of the Dublin branch of Empower The Voice,... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: NIKKI BRADLEY

July 25, 2024

Nikki Bradley, a 38-year-old senator and disability campaigner, is a canny choice for the general election by Fine Gael leader Simon Harris. She... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: LISA JORDAN

July 11, 2024

IT’S BEEN a busy few months for social media influencer and businesswoman Lisa Jordan (aka Just Jordan), with multiple product launches, a swanky... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: LOTTIE RYAN

June 27, 2024

When she was announced last month as the new face of afternoon radio on 2FM, it seemed that Lottie Ryan was living proof of... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: MARTHA NÍ RIADA

June 13, 2024

THE OUTGOING president of University College Dublin Students’ Union (UCDSU), Martha Ní Riada (24), is your prototypical student politics type: a permanent fixture... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: LISA CHAMBERS

May 30, 2024

Can 37-year-old Fianna Fáil senator Lisa Chambers finally justify party leader Micheál Martin’s faith in his preferred west of Ireland politician or will... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: JOHN MCGAHON

May 16, 2024

WITH A third of Fine Gael TDs announcing that they will not be seeking a return to the Dáil at the next general... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: LYRA

May 2, 2024

WITH HER general gobbiness, outlandish outfits and penchant for providing headline-grabbing soundbites (eg “I’ll carry my own knickers” – the Sunday Times), Cork... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: CATHERINE ARNOLD

April 18, 2024

Amidst rising political tensions within Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU), Catherine ‘Cat’ Arnold, the (former) education officer, has announced their shock resignation.... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: MARK MEHIGAN

April 4, 2024

WHILE HE remains unknown to a large swathe of the country, the multi-talented Mark Mehigan has his fingers in all sorts of pies.... Read more »

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THE YOUNG BLOODS: ROB KENNY

March 21, 2024

HAVING GAINED an early profile through the social media site Snapchat, the canny Rob Kenny combines running a PR agency with being a... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: JENNY MAGUIRE

March 7, 2024

JENNY MAGUIRE is a familiar name around the city, both inside and outside of Trinity’s campus. A co-organiser of Trans and Intersex Pride... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: DOIREANN O’LEARY

February 22, 2024

THE MEDIA-FRIENDLY Cork-based GP, Doireann O’Leary, has positioned herself as quite the expert on health matters and is a regular on RTÉ’s Today show, The Last... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: ANNIE HOEY

February 8, 2024

FRESH FROM being squeezed out of a Labour Party nomination to stand in the forthcoming European election, can vibrant senator Annie Hoey build... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: CONOR REDDY

January 25, 2024
AS PRESIDENT of the Postgraduate Workers’ Organisation of Ireland (PWO), Conor Reddy is no stranger to politics, both on campus and further afield. Although... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: SINÉAD SHEPPARD

January 11, 2024
With Cork East’s Fine Gael TD David Stanton having announced his intention to bow out at the next general election, has an opportunity opened... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: CHRIS CLIFFORD

December 14, 2023

THE current president of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), Chris Clifford, came to power in unique circumstances. A two-term president of... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: SARAH KIERNAN & CONOR COCHRANE

November 30, 2023

While talent managers such as Noel Kelly, Joanne Byrne and Andrea Roche are almost as recognisable as their respective stables of clients, Mullingar-based... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: CONOR MCGUINNESS

November 2, 2023

WITH Sinn Féin continuing to ride high in the opinion polls, the party is now getting down to the serious business of preparing... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: ELLA MAC LENNAN

October 19, 2023

TRINITY’S BRANCH of the radical, left-wing, student activist group Students4Change (S4C) has chosen its new leader. Ella Mac Lennan was recently unanimously elected... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: BECKY KEALY

October 5, 2023
SMALLER PARTIES can be easily crushed by the juggernauts of the major political players but, with the possibilities of government formation so finely balanced,... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: CLARA ROCHE

September 21, 2023

THE NEW editor-in-chief of the University Times (UT), Clara Roche, has assumed leadership of a paper crying out for stability. Recent controversies have... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: ELISA O’DONOVAN

September 7, 2023
THEY SAY that vengeance is a dish best served cold but there’s an added spice to the ambition of Elisa O’Donovan, the Limerick Social... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: JENNY KEANE

August 24, 2023

“HOLISTIC SEX educator” and tantric yoga instructor Jenny Keane has proven adept at garnering media attention ever since she launched herself on to... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: DAVID MCMANUS

August 10, 2023

UNEASY LIES the head that wears the crown and uneasy it seems is Fine Gael TD Colm Brophy as he peers over his... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: KIERAN CORRIGAN

July 27, 2023

EVER SINCE he kicked off his social media career in 2019, Kieran Corrigan has been trying hard – some might say way too... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: DAITHÍ DE RÓISTE

July 13, 2023
DUBLIN HAS been infertile territory for Fianna Fáil for some time but the party hopes that the newly elected lord mayor of the city,... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOODS: VOGUE WILLIAMS

June 29, 2023

For someone who started off her TV career on the RTÉ2 reality show Fade Street, which was heavily panned by critics, Vogue Williams... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: LOUISE DUFFY

June 15, 2023
WHEN BROADCASTER Louise Duffy took over from Ronan Collins in the midday slot on RTÉ Radio 1, it came as a surprise to many... Read more »

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YOUNG BLOOD: ANGELA SCANLON

May 18, 2023

IT MAY once have sacked her from a high-profile gig but RTÉ has certainly shown faith in the gobby Angela Scanlon by giving... Read more »

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